A friend sent me this interesting article by Eamon Javers in Politico. Anyone who’s traveled in China knows there is substantial over-development. Gleaming new skyscrapers sit empty and the amount of factory over-capacity is staggering. Is the PRC a house of cards? In a sense, yes. The development over the last 30 years has been […]
I was a fan Living Colour 20 years ago, and this article today made me think of their first hit. I’ve never understood the personality cult of Mao in China, not least because Deng Xiao Ping deserves the credit for what China has become since Mao’s death. It always seemed to me they idolize the […]
OK, so I’m feeling lazy today, but there really isn’t anything I can add to this (from Popular Science): China’s Weather Manipulation Brings Crippling Snowstorm to Beijing By Clay Dillow Posted 11.11.2009 at 6:08 pm Forecast for Beijing: Cloudy The Chinese government employs the controversial practice of cloud seeding in an attempt to force precipitation […]
In yesterday’s post, I mentioned Muse’s Laws. Some explanation is probably in order. The late, great Leonard A. Muse passed away 7 years ago last month. Mr. Muse was a close family friend and a very successful businessman. He was a world-class hunter and a crack shot, and for his memorial service, his family held […]
So my much beloved Blackberry Pearl, which I’ve had since they first hit the market 3-4 years ago, finally started to malfunction a little too often for my tastes. Trackball sticking, freezing, crashing, etc. It’s been around the world a few times, dropped on the floor of Chinese factories, nearly crushed in luggage, caught with […]
Twenty years ago today the Berlin Wall fell. I remember being in joyful shock, not entirely sure what it meant, but knowing that it was good. My parents remember where they were when JFK was shot; I remember the juxtaposing endpoints of the Cold War in 1989 – the political repression of Tiananmen in June […]
Yes, more food-borne analogies to ruin your day, dear reader. Hey, it’s Sunday. My first 24 hrs in Asia in 1994 changed my life. I knew instantly I was hooked on Asia’s dynamism, the very excitement of just walking down the street in a part of the world so obviously on its way up, but […]
I received a very interesting email from a prospective client. He is concerned that the Americans working for PassageMaker have lost their patriotism for the USA. This is an interesting conundrum. How do you promote business in China, without seeming to run down your home country? Here is my [edited] response for what it is […]
A very disturbing piece from Michael S. Malone about the “hollowing out” of America’s innovation capital, Silicon Valley. It seems there are no new start-ups, due to lack of venture capital, onerous regulations from Washington (that make it damn near impossible to do an IPO), etc. If America loses the mantle of world’s innovation engine, […]
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